KP Police trace 129 terror cases, arrest 144 terrorists: IGP

PESHAWAR:Inspector general of Police (IGP), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Khan Durrani Tuesday said that Investigation Wing of the force since October 2013 has traced 129 cases of terrorism in which 144 terrorists were arrested and 25 were killed in encounters with
police.

Addressing a press conference here at Police Club, Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines, he said the remaining accomplices of the apprehended terrorists are being processed for getting them declared as Proclaimed Offenders (POs) and the provincial government will be requested to fix head money for the POs involved in terrorism.

He told media that in most of these cases, the terrorists had their links in different tribal agencies in FATA and in some cases, Afghan nationals, who have fraudulently managed to get Pakistani CNICs are also involved.